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    "id": 738317,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Bonny Khalwale",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I rise to support this Report. I want to congratulate - using very strong words that I will not mention - the Committee for coming up with these recommendations. Equally, I would like to congratulate this House for having rejected the strange amendments from a youthful Senator, Sen. Moses Kajwang. I do not understand how the Coalition for Reforms and Democracy (CORD), and more recently the National Super Alliance party (NASA), that has been preaching inclusivity and equal opportunity for all Kenyans, can dream that the popularly elected Senator for Kakamega, voted for by 700,000 people, can rubberstamp the names and not be given an opportunity to elect. There shall be no selection in the process of identifying leadership in this country that represents our interests in the East African region. Our youths must be given an equal opportunity. This opportunity can only be seen to have been given to the youth and the rest of the people by the CORD fraternity if the 41 applicants are allowed to participate in this election. I, therefore, commend the Committee which has recommended that the new names be added to this list. I would like to speak to the hearts and minds of the “President in waiting”, Hon. Raila Odinga, his deputy, Hon. Kalonzo Musyoka and the other three co-principals, Hon. Isaac Ruto, Sen. Moses Wetangula and Hon. Musalia Mudavadi, who might not know these things. We know these things. When a similar matter came up in the EACJ in the year 2005, I was the Assistant Minister for East African Community."
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